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COLUMBIA, S. C. Saturday Morning, May 23, 1874. The Clanking o< tho Chains. The terrible condition of our peo? ple, ao revealed in the delinquent tax lists, is attracting fresh attention from our Northern contemporaries. It ia easy to make oontradiotions of state? ments sent on to Washington, and the counter-memorialists showed them eelves adepts in the art. Bnt these - columns in oar newspapers, giving the ' names of distressed tax-payers, the number of aores liable, and the earn of tax unpaid, cannot be contradicted, explained away or overlooked. They cannot be flippantly and falsely cha taaterized &s presenting only "ima? ginary" evils. They are perfeot pic? tures, as truly responding to facts as the impressions of feature and form made by the enn'a light on the pre? pared plate. A traveling correspond? ent of the New York Sun has been attracted by an advertisement of this sort itt the Charleston Chronicle. He. makes it the occasion of study, and very correctly deduces the conclusion of pending inevitable and wide-spread rain. He truly says that it seems as if the earth had gone away, and that if similar notices of inability to meet their taxes by persons in New York of oorresponding condition with these rained .South Oaroiiniaqs should bo published, "the whole country would arise in astonishment." Wo quote a passage or two from this intelligent writer. He Bays: "An examination of the three news? papers revealed a startling exhibit. The unfinished list of delinquent tax? payers for 1873 in Charleston and vicinity filled nineteen columns. It included 910 houses and 1,431 lots iu the city alone, besides other valuable property. It .also took in 251 Hummer residences and 168 lots on Morris, Sul? livan's and other islands, and 371 plantations, aggregating 299,191 acres of land sur.ouuding Charleston. The lint contained the names of the wealth? iest and most respcotahle citizens? families whose names are carved upon the historical columns of the nation. Church demesnes, jockey club lauds, the home of the Sisters of Mercy, and the property of benevolent and other societies figure side by side iu tb.e ex? hibit. The revolutions were more than remarkable." His concluding reflections are as sig? nificant as they are just. Such sensi? ble statements, such appropriate com? ments, such dear anticipations of what must inevitably come, ought to have the effect of arousing the dor? mant senses of the people of the North. They leave them without the excuse of ignorance, at least. And the letter is full of instruction and warn? ing to oar colored people and the Northerners who have oome to operate amongst us. Let them well weigh these words: 1 "Tbo carpet-baggers strike all, both great aud small. The negro ia the muscle of the State. No matter how heavy the burden becomes, bis broad shonlders in the end must .bear it all. He is the man who must make the final settlement. If he is not a landholder, the effeot of the taxes are shown in his rents. He is already compelled to pay yearly $2 per acre rent for land that could be purchased outright for six. No matter how humble his cabin, the oolleotor hunts him out, aud if be oun find nothing more, deduots a per cent age from his hogs and chiokens. De? spite this writing on the wall, the eyes of the negro have not been opened. He is easily imposed upon. No sooner does one thief go out of office than the innocent blaok man turns to and boosts another in. It is the same as in New York city. The biggest oorruptioniBts oontrol the votes of tho poorest citi? zens. But the Southerner and bis. quondam slaves are not the only suf? ferers. After the war Northern men invested considerable money in sea isiund plantations'. The moat of thorn wore ruined mouths ago. The surviv? ors are tottering on the brink of bank? ruptcy. A very few have edged in with tho thieves who control thu poli? tics of thu ?tate, und manage to skin along quito comfortably, btit tho day is not lur dibtaut when they, too, will be drawu iuto the maelstrom. As for tho Northern meu who invested in Carolina bonds, their mutton was cooked long ago. Nobody feels sorry lor them. Tney grabbed with their eyes wide open, and got stung. They deserved it. After all, what is to be the eud? Repudiation, oortaiuly. Worse than that is the !a?! wbioh is feeding tho secret hatred burning iu the breasts of the South toward the North. Tbo President's treatment of the committee of South Carolina tax? payers fuuuod u fire that the eloquenoe of lO.(K)i) gifted Liiinars would fall to quench." A Southern journal tells us that over 140.000 people are without food and shelter in the South, and that the floods have robbed them of all but life. First the war, then the carpet? bag domiuatioa and now the floods. Novor iu history were a peoplo so se? verely puutshed. Can we not do something to relieve their b?rden?, something more thuu to sing hymns aud strow Uowers over Confederate graves on Decoration Diy? [New York Herald. , . Informal RegUtraUom or Voters. . We will not undertake to argue the importance of suffrage. Its value can? not be overstated. It is the froeman'e Btrength, as it is 1ub right and privi? lege. It should ba cherished as the apple of t?e eye. No adverse oiroura etauces should ever make us indiffer? ent to its exeroiee. There is practical? ly no great difference betwixt the man who is debarred its uso, and ono who voluntarily relinquishes it. Have we been true to the great d-ty of main? taining it in South Carolina? It is feared that we have not. We have in too many instances succumbed to tho oircumBtunoes which surround ub. We have -illogioally concluded that it was not worth while to exercise u right which appeared to bring no good re? sult. Many votero in South Caroliua have persistently kept uway from tho polls for the last half dozen years, the dark age of our history. But it was wrong to do eo. Wo abandon safe ground whenever wo deliberately forego a duty. It is the duty of free? men to voto, whether voting eoora to he useless or uot. It is not sufu to conclude that anything is useless whioh it behooves usrto do. The hus? bandman sows his seed, having rea? sonable, hopo from his endeavors, but not knowing what blight may overtake his crops. Wo venture upon- oil the Gelds of employment, we engage, in ull enterprises, without having any abso? lute certainty as to what may bu the issue. It is onough to know that we are bom for activity, that life is full of duties, and that to abdicate them is to cease to act tho part of mon. We are satisfied that tho disparity between the colored and whito voto in Sonth Carolina is uot ns great ay it was. We ure satisfied, again, that in? fluences aro at work to detach a portion of the colored voto from tho Ridical party. Changes aro going on, which, if duly noted, would prove encourag? ing to oar hopes, that somo light is breaking into the dark and prejudiced minds of those who have been made victims of their own ignorance und others' cunning and duplicity. A ro gistration should have been ordered by the last Legislature. Our Conservative members ought to have secured this much from it, and might have doue it. Tho matter was nlludod to once or twice. Leading Radicals took pains to persuade the colored members that it would never do, that it would place the political power in the hands of the Democrats. But this opposition might have beeu overcome. It-is incumbent ou the Legislature, in the language of the Constitution, "to provide, from time to time, for the registration of all electors." Aud the duty and necessity of it'might have beeu pressed home upon it. Something was lost to tho cau.ho of good government in the fail? ure to secure it. But it may bu partially repairod. Conservatives and decent Republicans should turn thoir attention to this matter. In every County, intelligent citizens ought to uoto the changes which are going ou. Somo ono in every election preoioot should make a list of the qualified voters, and tho voto of each County thus bo approximated or ascertained. We throw out this hint for an informal registration. It will bo needed. It will do good. It will show that tho power of more numbers aud brute foroe isvyielding slowly to that of intelligence and character. It will show, too, that those elements which make one race dominant over another, are asserting their sway even here, where so many artificial arrange? ments exist to impair their uutivo force. ?-???. ?>-??-? Important, if Thus.?If tho figures GO are divided by the 6*ottou crop in millions of bales, the result will give the average price per pound at the nearest market. Thus, tho crop raised is 2 million bales, GO, :>?) cents per lb. 3 million balo.-, GO, 20 coots per lb 4 million bales, GO, 15 cants per lb 5 million bales, GO, 12 cunts per lb. It will thus be seen that under the ordinary circumstances, 3 million bales of cotton are as valuable to tho planter, and will bring us much money us can bo obtained for 1, or evon 5 million bales. A small crop is increased in va? lue by speculation. A large crop is reduced iu valuo by any disturbance of the money market, or by war, pesti? lence or famine. The surplus land can be profitably occupied iu producing pork, corn und hay, without reducing the value of the oottou crop one dol? lar. Try it.?Q. Allen's Circular. Retubn Emigration. ? In a recent article the London Economist calls at? tention to the startling fact that tho re immigration of British subjects back from America into England in? creased from 74,527 in the dooade 1851-61 to 252,000 in the decade 1861 71. It attributes this retnrn wave to the ilistnrbed condition of our curren? cy, and the mischiefs bred of onr "protective" system. A Terrlblo Hceno of IJeu.ll? sad DnoU> Hon. A correspondent of the New York Herald telegraphs as follows from Northampton: ; It Is impossible to conceive the terrifio force of the flood except from the effeots,; Mill River was in many parts a walled stream, bnt the hage plooon of rock which* formed its em? bankment were completely swept away. Io eome places, the bauks looked like a rocky Bhore, the massive stones being thrown about so indiscrimi? nately. Io other places, rooks aud trees toru from tho earth, and debris from tho mills whioh were torn dowu by the floods are all there is of the river side. Even loug pieces of cloth from the cotton mills are so interwoven with debris of every kind, that they seom a natural part of nature's handi? work. Tho rouda have disappeared with the banks, and iu muuy places to? day vehicles pass where yesterday flowed tho slreuui, while now thu river ruus in what was formerly tho road. The appearance of the shattered buildings still standing was of such a diversified character as almost to baf? fle descriptiou. A huge chitnuoy souie times indicated the site of n great mill. Some of the largo mills of tho valley have left no sign of their existence. Many houses aud shops wero com? pletely shattered to pieces and scat? tered to no one knows where. Such complete devastation is not more re? markable than tho partial destruction of buildings. Some houses were com? pletely riddled by tho flood, leaviug ouly the frame-work. Tho founda? tions and walls of others were swept away, leaving the framo structure very much awry. Same wero half swept off. Some wero carried down the stream aud stranded. Socio were turned over ou their sides, and I saw one whioh stood on its roof. The wrecks are of every description, but the frame buildings wero not so com? pletely demolished 'iu those of other materials. When a brick or stone house felt the force of the flood, it wus utmost certain to yield completely. At least three of the villages?Wil HuniBburg, Saydensville and Leeds? ure paralyzed beyond the hope of re? covery. It matters little how much money was actually lost, for its sum total is tho hand whioh fed tho inhabit? ants of what was yesterday a happy village To-day it is desolation, uud io-:uorrow it will be worse, for it will ba hopelessness. When tho dead are buried, when tho extent of the bereave? ments is fully understood, when the scene of desolation becomes familiar, will come the reaction, and with the reaction, perhaps, despair. I eaw an old man this morning, while his neigh? bors wero busy examining tho heaps of debris along tho court-0 of the flood for the dead bodies, engaged in gather? ing buttons on u string. Equally aim? less must bn the future of these peo? ple, unless capital flows into the valley again, almost as rapidly us it was swept away. Tue devastation at Laeds is inde? scribable. Ouly three houses ou thu East side of tho river remain in their original positions. The water first struck the Nouotuck silk dam, a solid structure, aud ploughed through it us if it had becu a bank of sand. The dum was built tweuty five years ago, aud had a twenty-six foot fall in tho centre. It origiually oust 850,000, aud was rofaced a few years ago. Tho .stone wall of tho mill facing the stream was nearly swept away. The mill was damaged but slightly, bnt work will not be resumed on it for months, thus throwing many bauds out of employment. The silk mill boarding house was totally wrecked. All tho in mates escaped except Capt. Vaughu and Miss Woodward, both of whom lost their lives by returning for some valuables. Tho old wooden mill, oooupiod iu part as a saw mill, was next crushed by the seething wuturs. The flood in its course took Seleotmau W. F. Quigley'd house down the cur? rent a few rods, leaviug only tho old L part ou tho eito. Iu this L part, Mrs. Qaigley, two daughters nod Miss Marble, were Bitting, having just com? pleted breakfast. They flew into tho uppor story aud so escaped. It ?was while they wero staudiog hi ro that the main part of the house parted from their tower of safety, leaving them with a thin partition to fence out tho surging sea. The village chapol fol? lowed the way to destruction, and also two or three double homes. Tbo cur? rent had now nearly reached George P, Warner's button factory, whioh wus totally ruined. It was singular to see how buildings were absolutely pulverized iu going down the stream. Large houses were reduced in u short time to debris, no two boards romainiug together. The violence of the torrent was also shown by tho fact, that nearly every tree in the flood was stripped of its bark, while tho remains of nearly all the vic? tims were stripped of their clothing and horribly mangled. Oue headloss trunk of a man was recovered, a fright? ful sight. Ouo farmer found his horses alive iu the stable after the flood, with only their heads stiokiug ap out of the mud and water. Oue little boy came floating down the flood to Leeds, on a board, from somewhere above. Luckily he steered for a little knoll not "ot covered, aud, throwing away his beard, he olimbed to the highest point of the knoll. Still the water rose, and only a spot as largo as a tuble remained when thu water reached its greatest hoight, aud the pluoky fellow was saved. Northampton lost six iron and three wooden bridges, and one arch of a now stone bridge. Every bridge in town ou Mill River, except the one ou Smith street, was carried off, and that nar? rowly escaped destruction. The oaual railroad bridge, near Hospital Hill, Northampton, is gone, and the road in so maoh washed away, both below Northampton and above HaydeuBviUo, that it is doubtful if through trains shall be running again before Wednes? day. In several instances, stone dams resisted the torrent snaoeasfnlly, and the river oat an entirely new channel to-day aronnd them. A Fronoh Canadian, poiutiug to two little boys, said: "I had eight children, bat only these are left." -Of one lurge family at Leeds, all wore lost save the youngest child. The great loss of lite at Leeds is due to tho faut that most of tho families were at breakfast, and wore swept away without a momma's warning. It is said that the cries of tho drowniug and terrified victims wero heart-rending. Children olung to their parents and parents to their chil? dren, and together they sank iu the angry torrent. Ouu little child was found alone iu the street, where it had been at piny. All its relations had been lost. Among tho sad incidents was that of seven young girls who climbed iuto an apple tree, thinking it would .stand, but thoy were all swept aw.-y. The body of a littlo child four years old was found, with a pair of new shoes iu its hand. In the toes of the shoos wer? found four $20 bills, which the j mother had probably tried to save. The Piedmont Manufacturing Com? pany?A Fine Ori'oitTUNiTy ron In? vestment.?The fir it annual meeting of the stockholders of this company was held on Wednesday, tho l'.i .h iust., iu this city, in which there was present a full representat ion of the stock. The Presidout, Air. H. P. LLimuiott, sub? mitted bis report, showing the opera? tions of the company for tho past year. Much woik has beer, finished and ail paid for?the policy of the company being to pay for what is douu as the work progresses. We learn that the report was very satisfactory to the mooting. The stockholders instructed tho directors to make tho necessary as? sessments to raise an amount sufficient to complete tho buildings aud to pre? pare ut onoo to receive the machinery. The nssessmont has buuu made, aud contracts will soou bo executed for the work. Tho buildings, when ereoted, will bo cipable of containing N.U00 spindles and 200 looms. The water power is ntnply sufficient to increase the capacity of tho mill to 40,000 spin? dles aud 1,000 looms. Tho stockhold? ers visited Piedmout ou the 14th, by railroad, and expressed themselves as pleased iu every respect with the loca? tion uud the work that has been ac? complished. Tho charter was accepted and by-laws adopted, and tbo orguui zition completed. The officers for tbo ensuing year are: President ? II. P. Hauimett. Directors?Humlin Boattie, Alexander McBee, Thomas C. Cower, T. Q Doualdsoti, of Greenville; Dr. W. C. Norwood and Gen. Samuel AIc Gowau, of Abbeville; J. N. Martin, of Nowberry, und Smilie A. Gregg, of Darlington. The directors are men of well-known btisiuesa talents and high? est respectability, beiug at tho same tirao men of means. Wo feel cou viuc'd that the enterprise will be iu every respect both eminently safe und successful. Parties desiring stock can obtain the same by oommuuioaliug with the President or any member ot the board. I Greenville Enterprise &' Mountaineer. Tho Raleigh JVeirssays: List Thurs? day evening, between 2 and !! o'ulook, all this part of creation was jarred by a tremendous explosion. There was a general aud iustinctive exclumatiou of "Bald Mountain!" but wo have since learned that tho disturbance was caused by the explosion of an mrolito which fell to the earth iu tho upper purt of this County, not very fur from Ran? som's bridgo. Persons in tho neigh? borhood secured somo of the pieces, and ono fragment, weighing something over a pound, has been left ut the Itoauoke Neics offije. Tho outside seems to have fused und glazed over, something like the sand does some? times ou a brick, but where pieces have flown off, disclosing the inside, it rt sembles a very dark rock, mixed with minute particles of metal. ToSTBE.?A oable despatch an? nounces the death of this churmiog 1 littlo opera bouffeist, in Paris, a few days ago, from grief. Au admirer has furnished the followiug pretty desigu for her tomb: Carve out tha form of La Grande Dachesse, Make it of marble rare; Her right hand holding, with fond ca? ress, Le sabre de mon pere. luscribc on her tomb no lying word To smooth her life aud duy? Only write ou tho blade of tho sword, Tho single word Tostoe. GoimD to Death ut a Mao Bull.? Ou Monday, Captuin Jesse Ludham, of Bridgohumpton, L. I., while driv? ing in his carriage, was attacked by a mud bull. Tho horso in trying to es? cape overturned tho carriage, und be? coming entangled iu the harness, the bull rushed upon the horse and gored bint in a tcrriblo manner. Mr. Lud? ham could uot extricate himself und was attacked by tho bull, who first trampled upon him, and thou with a single thrust of its horns, pierced him to the heart, causing iustaut death. A yonng wife once cured her hus? band of a disposition to absent himself from homo at nights by providing him with an excellent dinner, and saying to him afterward: "George, if you find u swootor spot than our homo, describe it to mo, uud I will rival it, if I die iu tho attempt.' A kiss aud a few tears completed tbo viotory. The shrimp season has fairly sot in iu Charleston. Special Meeting or ttie City Council- j Council. Ciiamdeu, ConuifBiA, 8. 0., May 21. 1874. Council met at 8 P. M. Present? His Honor the Mayor, Jobu Alexun der, and Aldermen Brown, Carroll, Cooper, Davis, Griffin, Pugh, Simons, Sw.vgert, Thomas and Wells. Abscut ? Aldermau Carr and Purvis. The Mayor stated thut the meeting wus called to make arrangements to feed tho city poor; to sell such of the horses und mules of tho city us could be ttpured, uud to make arrangements io feed the balance; uud also to fix thu time for the election of city officers. After a general discussion upoo the necessity of curtailing thu expenses of tho city government, Aldermau Pngb moved that three of the city mules be soid. ? Alderman Cooper moved to amend by inserting "lour" iu lieu of "three." The amendment was accepted, and the motion, us amended, wad adopted. Aldermau Simons moved that tho giay horse belonging to tho city bo sold. Aldermau Swygert moved to amend so as to sell both tho gray and sorrel horses, with their equipments. Tho amendment was accepted, aud the mo? tion, us amended, was adopted. Aldermau Cooper moved that the horsej and mules be hold for cash, at public outcry, on tho first Monday of June next, aud that the City Clerk give public notice of tho sale. Adopted. On motion of Alderman Brown, it was required thul Council, at the next regular meeting, go iuto an electiou for City Attorney, und that the City Clor** give duo notice of the en mo. Ou motion of Aldermau Carroll, it was tusolvud that Couucil, at tho next regular uieetiug, go into uu election for members of tho Board of Health. Ou motion of Aldermau Simone, Council adjourned. WALTE 11 JONES, City Clerk. Coincidence.?It is a little singular thut u Kassian Duke, the Czar's ne? phew, and the Governor of nn Ameri? can State, should be arrested in the .it?iii wet k lor grand larceny. Put the similarity of the ovjmparisou fails hero. The Riissiau Prince was im prisonod; our lt-jpubiicau prince, Thief Moses, protects tho majesty of his person witb soldiers. Thut is the diff-.rouoo between "a hoary despot? ism" uud "thu best government thu world ever saw."?Charlotte Observer. Decorating Soldiers' Graves.? President Grant approves of the co? operation of those who were opposed to one another during the lute war in thu decoration of graves of soldiers who heroically fell ou both sides, aud that he believes the time bus oome when every feeling of frateruity should bfl"ouooiiruged, and advantage taken of ov.:ry opportunity to lomovo any re? maining animosity occasioned by thu war. Sou ill 0 aro Ii* n a UiHilJEBIES ?Sjme of tho official plunderers of S >uth Ca roliua have bouu regularly indicted for breach of tiustaud grand larceny, aud if their offences are us tligrant us they have been represented, it should not bo difficult to convict thorn. Would it not bo a good notion to try the legal remedy in ull the Southuru Statt s against rascally officials? [New York Herald. United States District Coukt. May 21, Judge liryuu presiding?Iu thu putitiou of lt. B. Cain, to eujoiu the tax collector from levying on pro? perty of it B Cain, bankrupt, au in? junction was granted. Dim el B. Mu Litiriu, of Sumter, received a final discharge. The putitiou of B. T. Wood, of Spurtuuburg, for final dis? charge, was referred to the registrar to report. A superstitious old darkey seeing bis Dutch neighbor planting potatoes, one evening, said to him: "Look here, m tesa, the moon ain't in ooudUiou to plaut potatoes nt present." The old Dutchman looked astonished for a mo? ment, uud then replied: "Dander aud blitzen! I don't plant potatoes iu the moon; I plants my potatoes iu the ground." B Connecticut is in groat need of a law to prevent t he employment of chil? dren in factories. At tho immense Baltic mills, lato tho property of the bankrupt A. & W. Spraguo corpora? tion, it is said that children not over four or tlvo years of age are put to work (or the benefit of their French Canadian parents. "Johnnie, where is your pa?" "Gone Ushiug, sir." "He was a fi-di lng yesterday, was he not?" "Yes, sir." "What did ho catch?" "One cattish, the rheumatism, two eels, the toothache uud some little ones. Ma says he wli catch tits to day; just wait (ill he gets home!" Tho Heading (Pa ) Eagle says: "Mr. John Moser, of Pike towuship, on Wednesday evoniug, remarked to Jas. Herb, a vifitor, that he was seventy - uinu years old, aud had never been sick, when he became giddy, sank iu his ohuir and died." Tho PiiaiNix job office is com plots iu every respect, and cards, posters, pamphlets, programmes, bill-heads, etc., ure turued out with alacrity. Brotherly love is uot tho ouly kind they cultivate in Philadelphia. Foi 15,782 fond hourts were made to beat as 7,891 in that city lust year. Au Indiana man has just received uotioe of u $-1,000 dividend on an oil well whioh ho hud given upas a total loss. Oil's well that ends well. The County Commissioners of Barn well County were arrested and lodged io jail Thursday, to uuswer an indict I ment for malfeasance in office, Shakspeare would never have asked, "What's in au aim?" if ho had beer, bit on tho head with a brick. City -t?kSTBaa.? Subsoribo for the Major Eversou, of the Columbia Union, returned, yesterday, from a ,v|?it tol^ho North. * Pat. will serve hia friends with fish chowder from 11 to 1 o'clock, to-day, nt tho Pollock HouBe. Mewrs. Seibels Sz Ezell have on ex? hibition iu their office- a copy of a map showing the extent of the terrible overflow of the Mississippi and its tri? butaries. The ladies will accept ear thanks for cards of admission to the dramatio aud musical eutertainmeut, on Monday evening next, for the benefit of the Monumental Association. J. H. Hendrix has been suspended by the Govornor as Auditor of Lexing iugton for cause, aud Emauuel Walker designated to act till the meeting of the General Assembly. Messrs. HofXman ?Sc Albrecht have all tho vegetables aud fruits of the season, and many somewhat ahead, Bach as cucumbers, squashes, etc. They keep up with the times. A cow thief, named Will Avery, was arrested, yesterday, by Sergeant Bliz? zard, assisted by Policemen Taylor, Leo aud Davis. The cattle were found at Ben. Patrick's butcher pen, iu the country. The Greenville and Columbia Bail rood will issue tickets to parties wish? ing to attend the raoes at Greenville, commencing on Monday, the 25th tust., ut half price. See advertise? ment. The congregation of the Second Baptist Oharch will hereafter hold their services at the brick chapel, on Bull street, (formerly Christ Church,) instead of the hall of the Palmetto Fire Company. Sunday Sohool 9>? A. M. Services at 11 A. M. Tho remains of Corporal G?rtler, of Company B, 18th Infantry, were car? ried to Florence, yesterday, for inter? ment in the National Cemetery. The body was escorted to tho depot by a detachment of the garrison. There was a tie vote, yesterday, in the Barnwell-Blackville case, before the Board of State Canvassers. The en tiro day was taken up in reading the returns of the Board of County Can vase era. They meet again this morn? ing. The Entektainment Monday Even? ing-. .?The following is the programme 1 of the theatrical and musical enter? tainment, to bo given at Parker's Hall, on Monday evening, May 25, for the benefit of the Mouumoub Association: Music by orchestra. Day Afteb the Weddino.?Charac? ters represented: Col. Freelove, Lord Bivers, James, groom, Lady Eliza? beth, Mrs. Davis. Song?"Nightingale's Trill." Tue Dumb Bell?Characters: Mr. Mauvers, Capt. Vivian, O. Smurk, James, Eliza, niece of Mr. Manvere, Mury, maid, Miss Rivers. Refreshments will be served between aud ufter the plays. Doors open at 7>aJ performance commence at 8 o'clock. Prioe of admission fifty cents. Mr. S.?I say, Mr. J., what did you pay for that fine imported Havana? Mr. J.?Why, only ten cents, at the California Cigar Store, next to the Wheeler House. Mr. S.?You don't suy so. Well, I will have to go there at once and buy some, for I have been paying fifteen cents. Coubt; of Common Pleas. May 22.? The jury oould cot agree in oase of Levi Dent against F. Sohimdt and wero discharged, i Charles Soott & Co. against Wm. E. E. Rose. Verdict for plaintiff. C. J. Stoibrand against S. L. H?ge. Crt*-o withdrawn. Joe Jenkins against South Carolina Ruilroad Company. Continued. South Carolina Bauk and Trust Company against F. Schmidt. -Ver? dict tor piaiutiff. Two cases of F. Schmidt against J. 1 H. Ruuklo ure to be submitted to the 1 court on matters of law. Appeal ducket. W. S. Pope & Bro. ' against Greenville and Columbia Rail? road Company. Verdict for plaintiffs. Charles Hamburg ugainst Monteith ' & Bauskett. Jury faiiiug to agree at hour of adjournment, a sealed verdict ' was ordered. 1 Wm. Glaze against L. C. Carpenter. 1 Verdict fur plaintiff. H. C. Leebelt agaiu&t F. Schmidt. ) Verdict for plaintiff. J. O. Lad (I against F. Schmidt. , Verdict for plaintiff. Calendar No. 2 was oalled and Court [ adjourned uutil 10 o'olook, to-morrow . morning. Mr. B.?Mr. M., did you ever try I any of the California Cigar Store five ceut Partagns? I Mr. M.?Why, of course I have; I smoke nothing else. They aro better ' than any ton cent cigar I oan get else? where. List of New Advbbtisbubnts. , J. F. Taylor?Iron Works, i Oliver Ditson & Co.?Musio. Thus. Dodamead?Tickets to Raoes.